Spinach And Ricotta Pizza
- 15 ounces pizza dough, at room temperature (New York-Style Pizza Dough)
- unbleached bread flour, for dusting
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce (New York-Style Pizza Sauce)
- 1/2 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups lightly packed fresh spinach leaves, torn into large pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- 2 cups coarsely shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 ripe tomatoes, cored and thinly sliced
- Position an oven rack on the 2nd-lowest level in the oven; place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500u0b0.
- Coat a 12-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.
- Lightly dust pizza dough with flour; lay dough in prepared pan and gently stretch into a 12-inch round.
- Top the pizza: brush the dough with 1 tablespoons olive oil.
- Spread the pizza sauce evenly over dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border.
- Sprinkle the Parmesan over the top; distribute the spinach evenly over the top and sprinkle garlic over the spinach.
- Cover the spinach with the mozzarella.
- Using a teaspoon, arrange little globs of ricotta evenly over the top.
- Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoons olive oil.
- Place pizza in oven on the upper rack.
- Bake 10 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden brown.
- Using a pizza peel, lift pizza off the pan and place the crust directly on the baking stone; remove pizza pan from oven.
- Bake about 3 more minutes, until bottom of crust is golden brown.
- Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board.
- Arrange tomato slices over the top; slice and serve.
pizza, unbleached bread flour, extra virgin olive oil, pizza sauce, freshly grated parmesan cheese, fresh spinach leaves, fresh garlic, mozzarella cheese, milk ricotta cheese, tomatoes
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spinach-and-ricotta-pizza-223139 (may not work)